Articles tagged with: Tacloban City
Video Post: Rebuilding After Super Typhoon Yolanda
I shot this video on December 7, 2013, one month after super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). I was walking through what was left of the shoreline barangay of Seawall in Tacloban City. When I first saw this area after the typhoon, there was literally nothing left. The entire community – save for one or two concrete structures – had been washed away by the storm surge …
Video Post: Aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda
The area shown in this video was a thriving seashore community in Tacloban City before super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) roared through and flattened it. The video was shot on December 7, 2013, about a month after the typhoon, and people have already cleared away most of the debris and rubble and started to rebuild.
Video Post: Emergency Shelter after Typhoon Yolanda
Many thousands of homes were totally destroyed when super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) struck the Philippines on November 8, 2013. Many of those left homeless in Tacloban City immediately set about building a new place to stay after the typhoon. They sorted through the rubble and debris piles, pulling out whatever useable lumber and galvanized tin they could find and quickly hammered together some emergency shelter. …
Video Post: Typhoon Yolanda Damage in Panpango, Tacloban
This part of Tacloban City faces across the bay toward San Jose and the airport. As such, it was directly in line with the storm surge and the strong winds of the typhoon. Most of the houses along the shoreline were completely destroyed and the debris from those houses was carried up to the street that follows the shore. For a long time, the street …
Video Post: Super Typhoon Yolanda Aftermath in Anibong
I shot this video while walking along the main road that goes along Seawall and Anibong in Tacloban City. I shot it on December 7, 2013, a month after the typhoon struck. For quite a long time after the typhoon, it was impossible to walk down this street. It was completely blocked by debris to a depth of as much as fifteen feet. It took …